Three in five 59 per cent disabled people chose physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other medical professionals. Inactivity increases with the number of impairments an individual has. In , just 14 per cent of non-disabled people were aware of having previously taken part in sport with disabled people.
However, almost three quarters 73 per cent of non-disabled people said they were open to taking part in sport with disabled people. Almost two thirds 65 per cent of disabled people we spoke to said they rely on benefits to be active. Almost half 47 per cent are fearful of losing their benefits if they are seen to be more active. More than half 55 per cent said they were likely to be more active if benefits weren't at risk of being taken away.
Accept Decline. Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people. Source: Scope - Now is the time research Government statistics on disability UK Government disability facts and figures Scope's research work Scope carries out research to develop policy so we can campaign to create a fairer society for disabled people. Research, policy and campaigning work.
Contact the media team Phone 0 2 0 7 6 1 9 7 2 0 0 Email pressoffice scope. Despite having the lowest employment rate for both groups, the North East Disabled people in work were significantly less likely to be employed as managers, directors or senior officials, or to be employed in professional occupations Disabled people in work were significantly more likely to hold elementary occupations, Disabled people in work were also significantly more likely to be employed in caring, leisure or other service occupations Over one-third Similar proportions of disabled people in work were self-employed compared with non-disabled people However disabled men were significantly more likely to be self-employed More data on employment can be found in the Disability and employment dataset published alongside this article.
Further analysis on employment outcomes of disabled people can be found in the Department for Work and Pensions DWP article The employment of disabled people , which also explores movement in and out of work.
The Labour market economic analysis due to be published 19 February will include information on redundancies by disability status. Please refer to the confidence intervals in the Disability and and Social participation dataset for more information. Civic participation refers to engagement in democratic processes, both in person and online, including contacting a local official such as a local councillor or MP , signing a petition, or attending a public rally this excludes voting.
Civic consultation refers to taking part in a consultation about local services or problems in the local area through completing a questionnaire, attending a public meeting, or being involved in a face-to-face or online group.
Civic activism refers to involvement in activities in the local community, such as being a local councillor, school governor, volunteer special constable or magistrate for those aged 18 years or over. Social action refers to involvement with issues affecting the local area by doing things like setting up a new service or amenity; stopping the closure of a service or amenity; stopping something happening in the local area; running a local service on a voluntary basis; or helping to organise a community event.
Download this chart Figure 3: Disabled people were more likely to be involved in civic participation than non-disabled people Image. A significantly higher proportion of disabled people aged 16 years and over were involved in civic participation Disabled people were just as likely to have been involved in civic consultations, civic activism and social action as non-disabled people. Similar patterns were seen when comparing disabled and non-disabled people of each sex. A similar trend was seen in with civic participation the only type of civic engagement where a significant disparity was seen between disabled and non-disabled people Young disabled people aged 16 to 24 years were more likely to be involved in civic participation Disabled people aged 35 to 49 years and 50 to 64 years also saw significantly higher proportions of involvement than non-disabled people although the disparity was not as large, 8.
For civic consultation, civic activism and social action, the proportions of disabled people who participated were not significantly different to those of non-disabled people in all age groups. Volunteering can be informal giving unpaid help as an individual to people who are not a relative or formal giving unpaid help through groups, clubs or organisations.
Disabled people showed similar proportions of participation in either formal or informal volunteering Similar trends were seen when comparing disabled and non-disabled people of each sex.
Nearly half Similar significant differences were noted in people aged 50 to 64 years In contrast, nearly 6 in 10 More data on social participation can be found in the Disability and social participation dataset published alongside this article. All housing analysis was carried out using the Annual Population Survey APS , using UK data for the year ending June , except for the impairment breakdown where analysis was carried out on the six months ending June For a definition of housing situation which is carried out at person level not household level please see the accompanying methodology article's glossary.
This change in mode for first interviews has changed the non-response bias of the survey, particularly in relation to the composition of household tenure within the sample. Although estimates presented in this release have been weighted to account for this bias, the estimates should be interpreted with caution. The Office for National Statistics continues to examine the non-response bias and may make updates in future if appropriate.
Nearly 1 in 4 Disabled people were significantly less likely to own their own home Comparing the housing situation of disabled people to year ending June , a significant decrease was seen in the proportion of home ownership In contrast, disabled people were significantly more likely to have lived with parents in than in No significant differences were seen for non-disabled people when comparing to The housing situation of disabled people varied across age groups.
Young disabled people aged 16 to 24 years were as likely to live with parents as non-disabled people of the same age, with similar proportions seen for each Disabled people in older age groups, up to age 49 years were significantly more likely to live with parents, with the largest disparity seen for ages 30 to 34 years, at which age Housing situation tended to differ by impairment type, though the variability of the estimates indicates comparisons between impairment types should be made with caution.
Disabled people with autism or severe or specific learning difficulties were significantly more likely than any other main impairment type to be living with parents with proportions of Figure 4: Disabled people were less likely to own their own home than non-disabled people in all English regions Proportion of disabled and non-disabled people who are owner occupiers, aged 16 to 64 years, by English region, year ending June Source: Office for National Statistics — Annual Population Survey Notes: All differences depicted in this chart between disabled and non-disabled people within each region are significant.
Please refer to the confidence intervals in the Disability and Housing dataset for more information. Download this chart Figure 4: Disabled people were less likely to own their own home than non-disabled people in all English regions Image. Across all countries in the UK and within all English regions, disabled people were significantly less likely to own their own home compared with non-disabled people.
Of all countries in the UK, Scotland had the lowest rate of home ownership for disabled people Excluding London where the rates of home ownership were significantly lower for both disabled The North East also saw the largest disparity in home ownership between disabled and non-disabled people More data on housing can be found in the Disability and housing dataset published alongside this article.
Further analysis on housing outcomes of disabled people are produced using The English Housing Survey HSE , with more detailed findings also produced on accessibility. Well-being measures were taken from the Annual Population Survey APS , using UK data from the year ending June , except for the impairment breakdown where analysis was carried out on the six months ending June Definitions for well-being measures can be found in the accompanying methodology article's glossary.
Figure 5 shows that, on average, disabled people aged 16 to 64 years had significantly poorer ratings than non-disabled people on all four personal well-being measures, with the greatest disparity in average anxiety levels. In the year ending June , the mean scores on these measures were:. Compared with the year ending June , disabled people had a significantly higher average anxiety rating in the year ending June Average ratings of other well-being measures stayed on a similar level.
Although disabled people still had poorer ratings, non-disabled people showed significantly poorer average well-being ratings on all measures in the year ending June compared with the year ending June Please note the data for the year ending June uses data both collected before and during the coronavirus COVID pandemic, which does not allow for assessment of the impact of the pandemic on well-being.
There is an estimated 9 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK. One half of all deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK are working age adults. Approximately 2 million people in the country are using hearing aids.
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